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"A well-written, succinct, yet extensive overview of research on kava from several perspectives."
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• The most comprehensive book ever written on nature's most effective stress-relieving plant.
• First paperback edition of the classic comprehensive text originally published by Yale University Press.
This complete guide to kava summarizes the literature and research on a plant that is now considered comparable or superior to anti-stress prescription drugs, and describes its use in the religious, political, and economic life of the Pacific islands for centuries. Beyond its soporific qualities kava is also used throughout the the Pacific as an analgesic, a diuretic, and an anesthetic. There is even evidence suggesting it is effective in the treatment of asthma, tuberculosis, and venereal disease. Exhaustively researched, Kava: The Pacific Elixir offers an extensive survey of this amazing plant from the perspective of the horticulturist, the ethnobotanist, and the pharmacologist.
• First paperback edition of the classic comprehensive text originally published by Yale University Press.
This complete guide to kava summarizes the literature and research on a plant that is now considered comparable or superior to anti-stress prescription drugs, and describes its use in the religious, political, and economic life of the Pacific islands for centuries. Beyond its soporific qualities kava is also used throughout the the Pacific as an analgesic, a diuretic, and an anesthetic. There is even evidence suggesting it is effective in the treatment of asthma, tuberculosis, and venereal disease. Exhaustively researched, Kava: The Pacific Elixir offers an extensive survey of this amazing plant from the perspective of the horticulturist, the ethnobotanist, and the pharmacologist.
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Kava (Piper methysticum Forst. f.), a member of the pepper family Piperaceae, is an outstanding ethnopharmacological species. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
kava origin myths, kava rootstock, kava cultivars, kasa balavu, kava crop, urban nakamals, kasa leka, kava stumps, chemotype groups, methysticum cultivars, kava production, kava consumption, wild kava, thick internodes, kava drinkers, kava cultivation, kava use, kavalactone content, fresh kava, prepared kava, chewed kava, major kavalactones, kava preparation, fresh rootstock, kava resin Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Guinea, Port Vila, Solomon Islands, Western Province, New Caledonia, Irian Jaya, Southeast Asia, American Samoa, Western Samoa, Admiralty Islands, New Zealand, Van Baal, Vanua Lava, Viti Levu, Wilson's Sakau Bar, Bishop Museum, British Museum, Van Veen, East Futuna, Fatu Hiva, Fly River, Kolepom Island, West Futuna, Astrolabe Bay, Botany Figure New!
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Kava (Piper methysticum Forst. f.), a member of the pepper family Piperaceae, is an outstanding ethnopharmacological species. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
kava origin myths, kava rootstock, kava cultivars, kasa balavu, kava crop, urban nakamals, kasa leka, kava stumps, chemotype groups, methysticum cultivars, kava production, kava consumption, wild kava, thick internodes, kava drinkers, kava cultivation, kava use, kavalactone content, fresh kava, prepared kava, chewed kava, major kavalactones, kava preparation, fresh rootstock, kava resin Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Guinea, Port Vila, Solomon Islands, Western Province, New Caledonia, Irian Jaya, Southeast Asia, American Samoa, Western Samoa, Admiralty Islands, New Zealand, Van Baal, Vanua Lava, Viti Levu, Wilson's Sakau Bar, Bishop Museum, British Museum, Van Veen, East Futuna, Fatu Hiva, Fly River, Kolepom Island, West Futuna, Astrolabe Bay, Botany Figure New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Museum: Behind the Scenes at the British Museum by Rupert Smith on page 14
- Wizard of the Upper Amazon by F. Bruce Lamb in Back Matter
- Myths And Songs From The South Pacific by F. Max Muller in Back Matter
- Caroline Islands by Frederick W. Christian in Back Matter
- Final report (CCS occasional paper ; no. 6) by Speyside Project in Back Matter
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